Ask HN: Are there laws around aggregating and archiving news stories?

2 pointsdglassan14y ago1 comments

I feel like I've heard there are laws in Germany at least that require news agencies to delete news articles published online after a certain period of time. Is this true? Are there laws in the U.S. similar to this?

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hodgesmr14y ago

I'm not a lawyer.

I've never heard of any such law requiring anyone to delete their own database of content--as long as the content is legally acquired. Look at Lexus Nexus. Their whole business model is an online database of news dating back decades.

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